Misfortune Quotes

498 Misfortune quotes by 347 unique authors

Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred. — Alexandre Dumas
Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every… — Joko Beck
Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all… — Dorothy Thompson
In the beginning was belief, foolish belief, and faith, empty faith, and illusion, the terrible illusion. ... We believed in God, had faith in man,… — Elie Wiesel
Losing faith is a complicated business and takes time. There are no epiphanies, no "moments of truth." It takes much thought and concentration in the… — Thomas Pynchon
The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A… — Napoleon Hill
There are no moments more painful for a parent than those in which you contemplate your child's perfect innocence of some imminent pain, misfortune, or… — Michael Chabon
I've neither beauty, money, nor rank, yet every foolish boy mistakes my frank interest for something warmer, and makes me miserable. It is my misfortune.… — Louisa May Alcott
Don’t you know that you are all my life to me? ...But peace I do not know, and can’t give to you. My whole being,… — Leo Tolstoy
Atra gulai un ilian tauthr ono un atra ono waise skolir fra rauthr. - Let luck and happiness follow you and may you be shielded… — Christopher Paolini
That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and… — Haruki Murakami
Heaven forbid! -- That would be the greatest misfortune of all! -- To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate! -- Do… — Jane Austen
Poverty, first of all was never a misfortune for me; it was radiant with sunlight.. I owe it to my family, first of all, who… — Albert Camus
The owl flies, in the moonlight, over a field where the wounded cry out. Like the owl, I fly in the night over my own… — Georges Bataille
It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence. — Voltaire
The misfortune is that although everyone must come to [death], each experiences the adventure in solitude. We never left Maman during those last days... and… — Simone de Beauvoir
When the sun is shining, think of the time it won't be, because even when you're sitting in your house with the doors shut, misfortune… — Lisa See
What ever the course of our lives, we should recieve them as the highest gift from the hand of God, in which equally reposed the… — Galileo Galilei
A habit of finding pleasure in thought rather than action is a safeguard against unwisdom and excessive love of power, a means of preserving serenity… — Bertrand Russell
What would you not have accomplished if you had been free?" "Possibly nothing at all; the overflow of my brain would probably, in a state… — Alexandre Dumas
Once there was a gypsy queen who wore on her wrist a chain of six lucky charms - a golden crown, a silver horse, a… — Kate Forsyth
I feel exquisite pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood, before misfortune had tainted my mind, and changed its bright visions of extensive usefulness… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
I only know that I love you. That's your misfortune. — Margaret Mitchell
in prosperity prayers seem but a mere medley of words, until misfortune comes and the unhappy sufferer first understands the meaning of the sublime language… — Alexandre Dumas
It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason. — Jules Verne

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